Linux Cryptography and Security Engineer

🕒 April 1

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Canonical

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2004

Open Source • Cloud • AI

Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with other engineers in the Security Hardening team to achieve and retain various Security certifications • Extend and enhance Linux cryptographic components (OpenSSL, Libgcrypt, GnuTLS, and others) with the features and functionality required for FIPS and CC certification • Collaborate with external security consultants to test and validate kernel and crypto module components • Work with external partners to develop security hardening benchmarks and audit + remediation automation for Ubuntu • Contribute to Ubuntu mainline and upstream projects to land solutions and benefit the community • Communication and collaboration within and outside Canonical to identify opportunities to improve our security posture, rapidly resolve issues, and deliver high-quality solutions on schedule

🎯 Requirements

• Hands-on experience with low-level Linux cryptography APIs and debugging • Excellent software engineering fundamentals, including prior experience with C development, and the ability to demonstrate such • Hands-on experience with Linux system administration and shell scripting • Demonstrated knowledge of security and cryptography fundamentals + direct experience writing secure code and implementing best practices • Significant development experience working with open source libraries • Excellent verbal and written communications to enable efficient collaboration with internal and external partners in a remote-first environment • Prior experience working on FIPS/Common Criteria certified products and in-depth knowledge of the underlying standards • Prior experience working directly with DISA-STIG or CIS benchmarks, including related audit + remediation tooling (e.g. Compliance as Code) • Experience working directly with Linux Kernel • Prior experience with Python, OVAL (Open Vulnerability Assessment Language), and Ansible • History of contributions to open source projects

🏖️ Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we’ve been working remotely since 2004! • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year • Annual compensation review • Recognition rewards • Annual holiday leave • Maternity and paternity leave • Employee Assistance Programme • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others • Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events